AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference

The following is a compilation of recent news from the AHA and its Rural Health Services team, whose focus is to ensure that rural hospitals’ and health systems’ unique needs are national priorities.
At the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, AHA held an open dialogue on strengthening emergency management systems, which will translate into case studies, action plans and compendiums for the field as part of a five-year partnership with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for…
The AHA and Department of Health and Human Services, by way of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, have entered into a new grant to strengthen and reimagine the emergency management system for the nation’s health care and public health preparedness, response and…
As rural health care leaders from the AHA and other health care organizations convened at AHA’s Rural Health Care Leadership Conference this week, a robust discussion took place over the role hospital and health system trustees can play in building confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines in their rural…
As rural health care leaders from the AHA and other health care organizations convened at AHA’s Rural Health Care Leadership Conference this week, a robust discussion took place over the role hospital and health system trustees can play in building confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines in their rural…
At AHA’s Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, the association released its 2022 Rural Advocacy Agenda, which outlines key legislative and regulatory priorities for the year ahead. These include bolstering the workforce, ensuring fair and adequate reimbursement, and supporting connected care by…
INSIGHTS FROM AHA RURAL CONFERENCE Lassiter, Pollack thank rural health care leaders as conference kicks off More than 1,000 attendees gathered in Phoenix for AHA’s 35th annual Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, which brings together rural hospital CEOs, senior executives, clinical leaders…
Today I had the opportunity to welcome more than 1,000 people to the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference.
Rural hospitals have been and always will be a critical part of the nation’s health care delivery system. For nearly one-in-five Americans, they offer a caring and compassionate lifeline for individuals and families who would have few health care options otherwise.
Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., will receive the AHA’s 2021 Rural Hospital Leadership Award at the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference next week in Phoenix, AHA announced.